Manual of Christian DoctrineChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 168 pages More than ever, teenagers need to be grounded in a systematic understanding of scripture. This classic text, by Louis Berkhof, has been carefully updated to enable modern readers to comprehend and apply its teachings. |
Contents
C The Extent of the Atonement | 87 |
D The Atonement in PresentDay Theology | 88 |
The Doctrine of the Application of the Work of Redemption | 89 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 91 |
Calling and Regeneration | 92 |
C Regeneration | 94 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 96 |
Conversion | 97 |
Scripture | 11 |
C The Perfections of Scripture | 14 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 16 |
The Doctrine of God and His Creation | 17 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 19 |
C The New Testament Names of God | 20 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 21 |
B The Communicable Attributes | 22 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 26 |
The Trinity | 27 |
B The Three Persons Considered Separately | 28 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 30 |
C Objections to the Doctrine of the Decree | 31 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 32 |
Predestination | 33 |
C The Question of Supraand Infralapsarianism | 34 |
Creation | 35 |
B The Spiritual World | 37 |
C The Material World | 39 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 41 |
Providence | 42 |
B The Elements of Providence in Particular | 43 |
C Extraordinary Providences or Miracles | 44 |
The Doctrine of Man in Relation to God | 45 |
B The Origin of the Soul in Each Individual | 46 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 47 |
B Man in the Covenant of Works | 48 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 50 |
Man in the State of Sin | 51 |
B The Essential Character of Sin | 52 |
C Divergent Views of Sin | 53 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 54 |
B Original and Actual Sin | 55 |
C The Universality of Sin | 56 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 57 |
Man in the Covenant of Grace | 58 |
B The Son in the Covenant of Redemption | 59 |
C Requirements and Promises in the Covenant of Redemption | 60 |
The Covenant of Grace | 61 |
B The Promises and Requirements of the Covenant of Grace | 62 |
C The Characteristics of the Covenant | 63 |
D The Relation of Christ to the Covenant of Grace | 64 |
F The Different Dispensations of the Covenant | 65 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 67 |
The Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ | 69 |
D The Name Son of God | 70 |
The Natures of Christ | 71 |
B The Unity of the Person of Christ | 72 |
C Some of the Most Important Errors in the Doctrine of Christ | 73 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 74 |
The States of Christ | 75 |
B The State of Exaltation | 77 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 79 |
The Work of Christ | 80 |
B The Priestly Office | 81 |
C The Kingly Office | 83 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 84 |
The Atonement through Christ | 85 |
B The Nature of the Atonement | 86 |
C The Elements of Conversion | 98 |
E The Author of Conversion | 99 |
Faith | 100 |
C The Elements of Faith | 101 |
D The Object of Saving Faith | 102 |
Justification | 103 |
C The Elements of Justification | 104 |
E The Time of Justification | 105 |
F The Ground of Justification | 106 |
Sanctification | 107 |
C The Characteristics of Sanctification | 108 |
E The Imperfect Character of Sanctification in This Life | 109 |
Perseverance of the Saints | 111 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 112 |
The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace | 113 |
C The Manysided Character of the Church | 114 |
E The Church in the Different Eras of History | 115 |
G The Notes or Characteristic Marks of the Church | 116 |
The Government of the Church | 117 |
B The Fundamental Principles of the Reformed Presbyterian System | 118 |
C The Officers of the Church | 119 |
D The Ecclesiastical Assemblies | 120 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 121 |
The Power of the Church | 122 |
C Different Kinds of Church Power | 123 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 124 |
The Means of Grace | 125 |
C The Two Parts of the Word as a Means of Grace | 126 |
The Sacraments in General | 127 |
C The Component Parts of the Sacraments | 128 |
F The Number of the Sacraments | 129 |
Christian Baptism | 130 |
C The Lawful Administrators of Baptism | 131 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 133 |
The Lords Supper | 134 |
D The Efficacy of the Lords Supper as a Means of Grace | 135 |
E The Person for Whom the Lords Supper is Designed | 136 |
The Doctrine of the Last Things | 137 |
The Intermediate State | 138 |
B The Doctrine of Purgatory of the Limbus Patrum and of the Limbus Infantum | 139 |
D The Doctrine of Annihilation and of Conditional Immortality | 140 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 141 |
B The Second Coming Itself | 143 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 144 |
B The Resurrection | 147 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 148 |
The Last Judgment and the Final State | 149 |
B The Final State | 150 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 152 |
The Heidelberg Catechism | 153 |
Deliverance | 154 |
GOD THE FATHER | 155 |
GOD THE SON | 156 |
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT | 158 |
THE SACRAMENTS | 160 |
THE LORDS SUPPER | 161 |
Gratitude | 163 |
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